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A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years.
March 2
1995—Franklin & Marshall, the country's No. 1 team, gets revenge for a loss to Muhlenberg in the MAC title game a week earlier by beating the...

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Addison Spruill had 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds to help UNC Wilmington beat James Madison 74-54 Wednesday night at Trask Coliseum.
The Seahawks stayed tied for first with William and Mary in the Colonial Athletic...

Christopher Newport celebrated its Senior Day with a come-from-behind 72-61 win over Marymount, during which the Captains made all 13 of their free throws in overtime.
The only field goal in overtime was the first one. With the shot clock winding down,...

Jennie Simms had 19 points and 10 rebounds Saturday to give Old Dominion a two-game sweep in the Sunshine State with a 72-44 win at Florida Atlantic.
After ringing up 45 points -- ODU's second-highest women's total all-time -- in Saturday's triumph at...

PHILADELPHIA — Daniel Ochefu had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 5 Villanova pull away late and beat pesky Penn 62-47 on Saturday night.
The Wildcats (17-1) took a breather from Big East play to play their final game of the season in...

Whew! That's what Virginia Tech fans might say after watching the Hokies edge The Citadel 64-61 Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum.
Adam Smith scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, and the Hokies survived blowing a nine-point lead to rally...

Reginald Johnson scored 17 points as Hampton held off Bethune-Cookman 58-56 Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla., to stay unbeaten in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Quentin Brewer's jumper with 8:01 left drew B-CU within one at 41-40, but HU...

Last season,Villanova men's basketball swept its Big 5 games by a record 90 points.
Early this month, the Wildcats won by 14 at La Salle. Three days later, they beat Saint Joseph's by twice that much on the Main Line. Yesterday afternoon, once again at...

Since achieving the third-best start in school history with a 7-1 record, the Towson men's basketball team has lost two straight games.
A 78-46 blowout at Georgetown on Dec. 7 ended the Tigers' bid to match the second-best start in school history, and a...

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Christopher Newport 95, York (Pa.) 61: The Captains (8-3, 3-1 Capital Athletic Conference) set a school record with 18 3-pointers, outscoring the Spartans 54-26 in the final 20 minutes at Freeman Center and shooting better than 50 percent for the...